# BMW Group — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation **Citation:** 02-0196 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** 2002-09-19 02-0196 response to BMW Group concerning 172.604. ## Document text <<>> ..i / Transportation S. Departmen 40D Seventh Street, S.W Washington, D.C 20590 Research and pecial Program dministratio SEP 1 9 2002 Mr. Christian Baierl Department of Dangerous Goods and Ref. No. 02-0196 Explosives, Petuelring 130 BMW Group 80788 Munich, Germany Dear Mr. Baierl: This is in response to your July 24, 2002 letter regarding the ask if the emergency response telephone number that you have emergency response information requirements. Specifically, you provided will meet the requirements contained in § 172.604 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Provided 3500" is operative and meets the your emergency response telephone number "+1-352-323- will be authorized under the HMR. requirements of § 172.604 it number: 1) is monitored You must ensure that the transportation by a person who is either knowledgeable of at all times the hazardous material is in emergency response information, or has immediate access to person characteristics of the hazardous material and has comprehensive all necessary area codes or international access codes needed to who possesses such knowledge (§ 172.604 (a) (1) - (2)); 2) includes complete the call from within United States (§ 172.604 (a)); 3) is shipping paper immediately following the description of the hazardous material to which it applies, or if visible location with an indication that the number is for it applies to all hazardous materials on the shipping paper in a emergency response information (§ 172.604 (a) (3) (i) - (ii)). Also, $ 172.604 (a) must be the number of the person offering the the emergency response telephone number required by hazardous material for transportation or the number of an agency 172.604 020196 <<>> or organization capable of, and accepting responsibility for, material ($ 172.604 (b)). providing the detailed information concerning the hazardous I hope this satisfies your request. Sincerelyr Transportation Regulations Specialist Office of Hazardous Materials Standards <<>> BMW Group 2 A! Mr Edward T. Mazzullo, US. DO VASE (0-Krtbis Material Standards. 5: 400 7th Street S.W. USA Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 Your message dated Your reference Department From TI-7 / Christian Baierl Telephone Fax : 01149-89-382-7034264 01149-89-382-34264 = Date e-mail - christian.baierl@bmw.de Subiect: ( :13-August-2002 Dear Mr. Mazzullo; Motoren Werke Bayersche . Company instructions according dangerous goods with great care. We want to comply in any case with the First thanks a lot for the quick answer from our e-mail inquiry. We treat the regulations and Aktiengesellschaft Postal address 80788 München BMW AG defaults and regulations. Office address Petueling 130 BMW Haus We are relieved to hear that placing "Emergency Contact: +1-352-323-3500" on the shipping paper would meet a portion of the requirements. Innovationszentrum (FIZ) Forschungs- und Office address Knostraße 147 would kindly ask you to confirm the statement in a formal advice. To avoid misapprehensions of the mentioned regulations and to stop discussions with carrier we +49(0)89-382-0 Telephone +49(0189-382-25858 Fax Yours sincerely Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Telex www.bmwgroup.com Internet i.A. Deutsche Bundesbank Bank detaits Chrístian Baierl München 70007385 BLZ 70000000 Supervisory Board Chairman of 1: 2. Board of Directors Volker Doppelfeld ..: Chairman of the Board Ernst Baumann Helmut Panke BMW Group Return address: Burkhard Göschel Stefan Krause Michael Ganal Christian Baieri Norbert Reitholer Gunter Lorenz 80788 Munich - Germany:! Registered in Germany München HRB 42245 <<>> Kle: Inlormation C'enter Comments/Questions Betreff: RE: Information Center Comments/Questions Datum: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:55:06 - 0400 Von: Infocntr@RSPA.DOT.GOV An: Christian.Baierl@bmw.de Dear Christian, Thank you for your inquiry. your shipping paper would meet a portion of the requirements contained in § "Emergency Contact: +1-352-323-3500" on 172.604. and that it applies to each hazardous material entered on the shipping paper You must ensure that the number is in a clearly visible location requirements contained in § 172.604 are met. (§ 172.604 (a) (3) (ii)). Also, you must ensure that all of the other Center is staffed with regulatory specialists who can quickly answer your If you require further assistance, our Hazardous Materials Information Center questions by phone. is open Monday through Friday, 9 am - 5 pm E.S:I. at (800) 467-4922 Please do not hesitate to calli as: the Information or (202) 366-4488. Sincerely, Ben Supko, Hazardous Materials Specialist guidance may be requested in accordance with 49 CFR 107.14 (b). An e-mail response from this office is considered informal guidance. Formal http://hazmat.dot.gov/infocent.htm From: christian.baierl@bmw.de [mailto:christian.baierl@bmw.del ----Original Message-- Sent: Thursday. July 18, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: Information Center Comments/Questions infocntr@rspa.dot.gov Below is the result of your feedback form. Christian Baierl (christian.baierl@bmw.de) It was submitted by 10:53:36. on Thursday, July 18, 2002 at Email: christian.baierl@bmw.de Name: Mr. Christian Baierl Category: Emergency Response Information (Sections: 172.1 - 172.807) Organization: BMW Group, Dept. Dangerous Goods and Explosives Street: Petuelring 130 City: Munich Zip Code: 80634 Country: Germany Phone: +49-89-382-34264 Fax: +49-89-382-7034264 we would be conform to the 49 CFR § 172.604 and US-12 of the ICAO-TI subject Comments: Dear Mr. Mazzullo, To comply with the legal requirements we have a contract with Infotrac, emergenc! response telephone number. Leesburg, Do we accord to the regulations when we Florida (www.infotrac.net). this company on the shipping papers as follows: Emergency Contact: <<>> KlE: Informaton Center Comments/Questions +1-352-323-3500 airfreight. we would appreciate your answer as soon as possible, because of an Christian Baierl Best Regards BMW Group, Dangerous Goods and Explosives ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa` - SHA-256: `b74e1e359a44dd21948443e753ac02dd3976ad1c41882dc026a58b0b17253648` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T00:59:31.977Z - Exported: 2026-08-22T19:47:06.716Z - Document slug: `phmsa-interpretation-02-0196` ### Source metadata ```json { "materialSubtype": "interpretation", "interpretationArea": "hazardous_materials", "representation": "full_text_from_official_pdf", "companies": [ "BMW Group" ], "individuals": [ "Christian Baierl" ], "refIds": [ "02-0196" ], "catalogDates": [ "2002-09-19" ], "catalogParts": [ 172 ], "catalogRowCount": 1, "sourceRecordUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/node/64896" ], "linkedAttachmentUrls": [], "unavailableResponseUrls": [], "duplicateRepresentationUrls": [], "citedSections": [ "172.604", "107.14", "172.1", "172.807" ], "catalogPageUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/172604" ], "pdfUrls": [ "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020196.pdf" ], "representations": [ { "viewUrl": "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020196.pdf", "detailUrl": null, "detailHtmlPath": null, "pdfUrl": "https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2002/020196.pdf", "pdfArtifactPath": "data/sources/phmsa-interpretations/02-0196-b671b0de15.pdf", "pdfArtifactSha256": "e90dcaf24b7ba929f3db860b39870848dbc0b13e1eaf2ab6b9c189675bec671a", "extractedTextPath": "data/sources/phmsa-interpretations/02-0196-b671b0de15.v2.txt", "extractedTextSha256": "9ff3a7b2f53d39085cbd131412c9aea36f89ba5c3e65442c69521abc3af4acdf", "pageCount": 5, "extractionVersion": 2 } ], "caveat": "Interpretations apply regulations to the facts presented and do not create independently enforceable requirements.", "jurisdiction": "US" } ```